界

jiè

j+iè·4th tone

(bound form) boundary; border

Radical: 田 Strokes: 9 HSK 6

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Most common

Same radical

电田甲留画略男由申畏畜疆

Same radical

电田甲留画略男由申畏畜疆番畅甸

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Character Decomposition

界=田+介

Etymology

farm

Meanings

(bound form) boundary; border

(bound form) realm

jiè

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Words with 界 358 total

common boundary · common border交界jiāo jiè to cross a border · (sport) to go out of bounds出界chū jiè tablet marking the boundary between two regions, districts etc界碑jiè bēi

Idioms with 界 17 total Chain

shallow · not thorough · superficial半间不界bàn gān bù gà (idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly大开眼界dà kāi yǎn jiè great wide world · marvelously diverse world · (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界 sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè)大千世界dà qiān shì jiè the teeming world · the world of sensual pleasures花花世界huā huā shì jiè